US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations for Screening for Food Insecurity: Silver Linings Amid a Cloudy Future

Arvin Garg^{1

2

3}, Claire E Branley⁴, Kimberly Montez^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Child Health Equity Center, Department of Pediatrics, UMass Chan Medical School, UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts.
² Department of Pediatrics, UMass Chan Medical School, UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts.
³ UMass Memorial Health, Worcester, Massachusetts.
⁴ Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
⁶ Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Comment

Arvin Garg et al. JAMA. 2025.

. 2025 Apr 15;333(15):1302-1304.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.1021.

Arvin Garg^{1

2

3}, Claire E Branley⁴, Kimberly Montez^{5

6}

¹ Child Health Equity Center, Department of Pediatrics, UMass Chan Medical School, UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts.
² Department of Pediatrics, UMass Chan Medical School, UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts.
³ UMass Memorial Health, Worcester, Massachusetts.
⁴ Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
⁶ Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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Preventive Services for Food Insecurity: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force.
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